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The Jubilee Arboretum

The Jubilee Arboretum is a comprehensive collection of both deciduous and evergreen trees, with certain tree types grouped together for easy comparison

Looking its best in...

  • Spring blossom and emerging foliage
  • Summer picnics, shade and tranquillity
  • Autumn leaf colour and fruit

Choose your perfect tree

The Jubilee Arboretum is Wisley’s best kept secret – a quiet haven for a summer picnic or an ideal place for a relaxed stroll.

It is also the perfect place to choose the next tree for your garden. At the entrance closest to the trials field, the silver lime avenue (Tilia tomentosa) is surrounded by the fastigiate tree collection (trees of a narrow, upright nature) and then, in comparison, the weeping tree collection.

Relax and explore

Beyond this, excellent collections of Tilia (lime), Quercus (oak), Liquidambar (sweet gum), Fraxinus (ash), Betula (birch) and Malus (crab apple) all continue, interspersed with evergreen trees for a pleasing landscape display.

While still relatively young for a collection of trees (it was planted in 1977 to commemorate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee), it is still a wonderful part of Wisley to explore. 

Plants in this section

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Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Acer</em> <em>rubrum</em> 'October Glory'
Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Fagus</em> <em>sylvatica</em> 'Pendula'
Aesculus × carnea 'Briotii'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Aesculus</em> × <em>carnea</em> 'Briotii'
Sorbus aucuparia subsp. maderensis
  • 2.5–4 metres
  • 4–8 metres
<em>Sorbus</em> <em>aucuparia</em> subsp. <em>maderensis</em>
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 'Grayswood Ghost'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • 2.5–4 metres
<em>Betula</em> <em>utilis</em> var. <em>jacquemontii</em> 'Grayswood Ghost'
Ilex aquifolium
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • 2.5–4 metres
<em>Ilex</em> <em>aquifolium</em>
Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Tilia</em> <em>tomentosa</em> 'Petiolaris'
Castanea sativa
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Castanea</em> <em>sativa</em>
Acer campestre
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • 2.5–4 metres
<em>Acer</em> <em>campestre</em>
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Carpinus</em> <em>betulus</em> 'Fastigiata'
Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Acer</em> <em>rubrum</em> 'October Glory'
Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Fagus</em> <em>sylvatica</em> 'Pendula'
Aesculus × carnea 'Briotii'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Aesculus</em> × <em>carnea</em> 'Briotii'
Sorbus aucuparia subsp. maderensis
  • 2.5–4 metres
  • 4–8 metres
<em>Sorbus</em> <em>aucuparia</em> subsp. <em>maderensis</em>
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 'Grayswood Ghost'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • 2.5–4 metres
<em>Betula</em> <em>utilis</em> var. <em>jacquemontii</em> 'Grayswood Ghost'
Ilex aquifolium
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • 2.5–4 metres
<em>Ilex</em> <em>aquifolium</em>
Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Tilia</em> <em>tomentosa</em> 'Petiolaris'
Castanea sativa
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Castanea</em> <em>sativa</em>
Acer campestre
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • 2.5–4 metres
<em>Acer</em> <em>campestre</em>
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
  • Higher than 12 metres
  • Wider than 8 metres
<em>Carpinus</em> <em>betulus</em> 'Fastigiata'

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